Lantern.



N0. 783,,707. PATENTED FEB 28, 1905.

F D SPEAK.

LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1903.

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lilivih Siam Patented February 228, 1905.

ATENT FFICE.

FURMAN l). SPEAK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSlG-NOR TO ARMSPEAR MANUFAUlURlNG' COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAM1ERN..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,707, dated February 28, 1905. Application filed May 9,1903. Serial No. 156,379.

To It 1117110777, '1' t 'III/IL'I/ concern.-

Be it known that I, FUnMA-N D. SIIGAR, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Lanterns, of which the 'iollowing is a specification.

My invention relates especially to the construction and arrangement of hand-lanterns, and has for its object the simplification of such. construction and the rendering of the same more neat in appearance and elfective in op eration.

To attain the desired end, my invention con sists in certain novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts and peculiarities of construction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure l is a view in elevation and partial section of a lantern embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bodyhoop ring of the guard-frame as it appears before the guard is assembled. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view at line w :1: of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference, wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

1 is the body-hoop ring, made of sheet metal. 2 represents slots therein for the reception of the vertical guard-pieces 3. The ring 1 is also notched or cut away at 4 4 for the purpose hereinafter described.

5 is the body-hoop, provided near the top with a head or stop 6 and with teats or projections 7 a short distance below the stop 6.

8 is the oil-pot, mounted upon a base 9, having an upwardly-projecting ring 10, which encircles the body-hoop 5. This ring 10 is provided with oili'sets 11 and 12, each effect being slotted at 13 for the reception of studs i4, fixed in the body-hoop 5.

15 is a spring for holding the oil-pot and connected parts in place in the body-hoop.

] The spring 15 is secured to the ring 10 at 16, perforated for the passage of a stud 14, has a manipulating projection 17 and a bent finger 18, arranged to play in a slot 26 in the ring 10, limiting the outward movement of the Free extremity of the spring and keeping the spring in place.

19 is the upper ring of the guard-frame, having a downwardly-projecting flange 20.

21 is the lantern-top, hinged to the ring 19 at 22 and provided at the opposite side with a spring-catch consisting of a portion 23, secured to the top 21, a downwardly-projecting part 24 of sufficient lengthto give the requisite spring action, and a thumb-piece 25.

In assembling the lantern, after the vertical guards are in place the body-hoop 5 is passed partially through the ring 1, the teats 7, registering with the notches 4,, permitting said ring to come in contact with the stop 6, when by turning the body-hoop slightly the notches t pass by the teats, thus holding the guard and body-hoop in place until permanently united by dip nng in the usual manner.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a lantern of the character herein specified, the combination with a body-hoop bearing laterally-1:)rejecting studs, of a ring projecting from the base of the oil-pot, said ring being provided with slotted oiisets for the reception of the studs, and a holding-mining provided with a bent finger passing through the ring, limiting the outward movement of the spring, as set forth and described.

2. The combination with a ring connected to the oil-pot base, of a holding-spring located upon the exterior of the ring and provided with a bent finger extending through said ring, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

3. In a lantern of the character herein specified, a body-hoop provided with a stop near its top, and a plurality of projecting teats, in

combination with a body-hoop guard -ring said teat or teats, substantially as shown and having notches corresponding to said teats, described. 10 substantially as shown and described. Signed by me at New York this 7th day of 4. Ina lantern of the character herein speci- April, 1903. fied, a body-hoop provided with a stop near FURMAN D. SPEAR. its top, and one or more projecting teats, in \Vitnesses: combination with a body-hoop guard-ring R. J. ARMOUR,

having a notch or notches corresponding to C. E. NIOOL. 

